If we’re going to just shrug and admit that ours is a uniquely bloodthirsty society, we can at least make it less likely for kids to get slaughtered here. It would beat what we’ve been doing all along, which is nothing whatsoever.
I don’t know that I’ll never not worry that I’m using the female gender as a rhetorical device. And because of that I’ll probably always be suspicious of myself. It’s not enough to make me want to burn We Eat the Rich, and decide it is a terrible mistake, one in which I trivialize the life experiences of people somewhat unlike myself. I don’t think it’s offensive in quite that way. I could be wrong.